Colorado Bills

passed both · Colorado · House Apr 16, 2026

HJR 1026: Governor Roy Romer Memorial Highway

This bill designates a specific section of Interstate 25 in Denver County, stretching from Mile Marker 204.51 to 213.13, as the Governor Roy Romer Memorial Highway to honor his public service. The legislation authorizes the Colorado Department of Transportation to accept donations and place signs marking this stretch of road, while also allowing for cooperation with local authorities to maintain those signs. This measure directly affects the state's transportation department and the communities along the designated highway by creating a permanent tribute to former Governor Roy Romer.

Topics ✓ Transportation

Alex Valdez (D) Robert Rodriguez (D) Monica Duran (D) · 82 co-sponsors

passed both · Colorado · House Apr 16, 2026

HJR 1025: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Denim Day 2026

This bill officially recognizes April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and designates April 29, 2026, as Colorado Denim Day. The resolution commemorates the global campaign where people wear jeans to protest victim-blaming attitudes toward sexual assault survivors. It also acknowledges the work of organizations like the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault in supporting survivors and addressing sexual violence. The measure is a symbolic gesture that does not change laws or allocate funding, but instead raises public awareness about the issue.

passed both · Colorado · House Apr 16, 2026

HJR 1027: Holocaust Memorial

This House Joint Resolution formally asks the people of Colorado to remember the Holocaust and acknowledges specific survivors, including Fred Bryner, Samuel Weinberg, and Silvia Weinberg. It encourages schools and universities to promote antibias and bullying prevention programs to stop antisemitic incidents targeting Jewish students. The resolution also declares that citizens should understand the power of words and commit to preventing future atrocities, and it directs copies of the document to various local and national organizations focused on Holocaust education and remembrance.

passed both · Colorado · House Apr 16, 2026

HJR 1024: Designate Educators & Teachers Memorial Highway

This bill designates a specific section of State Highway 92 in Delta County as the "Educators and Teachers Memorial Highway" to honor the contributions of local educators and teachers. The designated stretch runs from mile marker 3 to mile marker 7, passing through the unincorporated community of Read, Colorado, which historically housed the headquarters for Delta County Joint School District 50J. The resolution authorizes the Colorado Department of Transportation to accept donations and grants for installing commemorative signs along this highway segment. This measure serves as a symbolic recognition of the role schools and teachers play in the community without changing any laws or regulations.

Topics ✓ Education

in committee · Colorado · House Apr 16, 2026

HB 1119: Authority for Different Mill Levy Rates

Section 2 of the bill allows local governments and certain special districts authorized to impose property taxes (local taxing entities) to tax certain land and improvements thereon at different mill levy rates, provided that the mill levy rate for the improvements is less than or equal to the mill levy rate for the land. A local taxing entity may not impose different mill levy rates for agricultural land, land used for renewable energy production, land subject to a perpetual conservation easement, leaseholds and lands producing oil or gas, producing mines or nonproducing mining claims, or state-assessed land. Nothing in section 2 allows a local taxing entity to impose property taxes on the assessed value of land and the assessed value of improvements thereon at different mill levy rates in a manner that is not consistent with section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any statutory limitation on the local taxing entity's mill levy rates or total property tax revenue. Section 3 requires boards of county commissioners and other local taxing entities to include with their certifications of all property tax levies the individual certification of any local taxing entity required by section 5 regarding the different mill levy rates used for land and improvements thereon by the local taxing entity. Section 4 updates the tax and levy rate information required to be made publicly available to include the specific, different mill levy rates used for land and improvements thereon, if applicable. Section 5 modifies the duty of local taxing entities to certify their property tax levy to the board of county commissioners to require any local taxing entity that imposes property taxes on the assessed value of land and the assessed value of improvements thereon at different rates, as allowed by section 2 , to specify those mill levy rates in the local taxing entity's certification of its levy.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Topics ✓ Energy

passed both · Colorado · Senate Apr 15, 2026

SJR 16: Improve Retirement Readiness & Financial Well-Being

This bill encourages Colorado public employees to improve their retirement readiness by seeking financial education and recommends adding lifetime income options to certain retirement plans. It specifically targets the Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA), which serves over 226,000 public employees across more than 400 government agencies. The resolution suggests that the General Assembly consider expanding lifetime income choices in the PERA defined contribution plan and voluntary savings plans to provide guaranteed retirement income similar to the existing defined benefit plan. The bill also recognizes the economic importance of retirement security for Colorado residents and directs copies to relevant state committees for review.

in committee · Colorado · House Apr 14, 2026

HR 1005: State Highway 47 Dolores Huerta Boulevard

This bill proposes renaming State Highway 47 in Pueblo, Colorado, to 'Dolores Huerta Boulevard' to honor the civil rights leader and farmworker advocate. The legislation authorizes the use of funds from gifts, grants, and donations to install appropriate signage displaying the new name. By commemorating Huerta's legacy of fighting for fair wages and working conditions, the bill aims to recognize her contributions to the community without altering any existing laws or policies.

failed · Colorado · Senate Apr 14, 2026

SB 98: State & Local Noise Abatement Authority

Under current law, there are statewide standards for noise level limits for various time periods and areas, and noise in excess of those limits is a public nuisance. The statewide noise level limits do not apply to the use of property for certain purposes. The bill states that the statewide noise level limits also do not apply to the following:The use of property owned or controlled by the state or a political subdivision of the state;The use of property pursuant to a permit or license that addresses sound emitted and that is issued by a local government; andThe use of property owned or controlled by a nonprofit entity for a cultural, entertainment, athletic, or patriotic event.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

in committee · Colorado · House Apr 14, 2026

HB 1285: Admission to Mental Health Residential Facility

The bill requires the department of human services to include in the admission criteria for admitting a person to a mental health residential facility a prohibition on admitting a person who is required to register the person's residence in accordance with the "Colorado Sex Offender Registration Act" to a mental health residential facility that is located within 1,000 feet of a school.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Topics ✗ Healthcare

in committee · Colorado · House Apr 13, 2026

HCR 1002: Require Age Verification for Pornographic Material

The concurrent resolution amends the Colorado constitution to mandate that the general assembly require, by law, a person who distributes pornographic material to verify that each person who receives the material is 18 years old or older.(Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as introduced.)

Topics ✗ Criminal Justice

in committee · Colorado · Senate Apr 13, 2026

SB 96: Justice-Involved Veterans

The bill allows defendant veterans to request an eligibility assessment to determine if they are eligible for veteran deferred sentencing. The bill states the offenses eligible and the requirements that must be met by veteran defendants to qualify for veteran deferred sentencing. The bill establishes what a court must include in a veteran defendant's deferred sentence and establishes what a veteran defendant must do to complete their deferred sentence and when they are eligible for discharge from probation and for dismissal of their charges.The bill requires courts to consider veteran status, when disclosed, when considering the sentence of a veteran defendant. The bill requires law enforcement, courts, and corrections personnel to receive training regarding justice-involved veterans. The bill requires courts to track and report the number of veteran defendants receiving, completing, declining, and denied veteran-deferred sentences. The bill requires the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety to develop a plan to track and evaluate outcomes of veteran defendants who receive veteran-deferred sentences.The bill requires the department of corrections (department) to create a veteran identification process that must be implemented in all offender diagnostic centers that allows the department to record which offenders are veterans. The bill requires that veteran offenders be considered, when appropriate, for correctional facility veteran housing units and veteran services and have their veteran status be considered in structuring their rehabilitation program.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

Topics ✓ Criminal Justice ✓ Veterans

signed · Colorado · House Apr 13, 2026

HB 1191: Examination of School District Records

The act authorizes the state auditor, in the state auditor's discretion, to audit the records of a school district that received state education fund money (school district) for capital construction projects for qualified charter schools in the district to determine the amount of state education fund money expended by each school district in the state for capital construction and to identify the schools and projects on which school districts expended the money.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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